Solidarity and the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike Exhibition

Open until 26 November: 

SOLIDARITY AND THE 1984-85 MINERS’ STRIKE EXHIBITION AT TUC LIBRARY
EXHIBITION

In March 1984 over 150,000 British coal miners went on strike to protest against plans for widespread closures in the industry. The strike, ultimately unsuccessful, lasted a year and was one of the most significant industrial disputes in British history. Alongside the industrial struggle emerged a large and diverse social movement to help sustain the miners and their communities.

CfP: Alternatives to capitalism

Call for panels and papers for a section in the European International Studies Association conference, Izmir, Turkey, 7-10 September 2016.

The section seeks panels and papers on alternatives to capitalism, and how we might achieve them, both within the capitalist present and on the route to a post-capitalist society.

The deadline for proposals is 8 January 2016 and must be done online through the EISA conference tool website - https://www.conftool.pro/paneuropean2016/

CfP: Reform and Revolution in Europe, 1917-19: Entangled and Transnational Histories

This international conference in historical sciences analyses the political, cultural, intellectual and societal influences of the First World War in Europe, focusing especially on the emergence of new nation states. The Finnish process of declaring independence in 1917 is related to the international developments of the time, paying particular attention to transnational interaction.

Fundación Francisco Largo Caballero. Ámbitos - Boletín Digital de Actividades

Ámbitos
Boletín digital de actividades, número 95 - octubre 2015

Cursos y Seminarios

Jornada de debate Empleo, discapacidad y negociación colectiva: diagnóstico y propuestas para la mejora del empleo de las personas con discapacidad

Curso de extensión El derecho a la memoria: archivos y sociedad

Actividades Culturales

Exposición Tesoros de bibliotecas=Thesauri Bibliothecarum. Día de la Biblioteca, 24 de octubre de 2015.

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CFP ITH 2016: “Commodity Chains and Labour Relations”

Dear colleagues,

we hereby circulate the Call for Papers for the 52nd ITH Conference (15-17 September 2016, Museum Arbeitswelt Steyr/Upper Austria).

We are looking forward to an active involvement in the preparation of the conference on “Commodity Chains and Labour Relations”, many interesting proposals and the conference itself. Furthermore, we would ask to spread the Call for Papers as widely as possible.

Kinds regards,
Susan Zimmermann (President)
Lukas Neissl (General Secretary)

Grant for Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe

Thanks to a generous grant from the German Academy of Sciences (Union der deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften), the historical-critical edition of the complete works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels will be safeguarded for the future.

The Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA) is a joint project of the IISH, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften and the Russian RGASPI. In 1990 these institutions established the Internationale Marx-Engels Stiftung (IMES).

CFP: Connectivity and Change: Regimes, Conflicts and Revolutions in Global Perspectives

CFP: International Summer School "Connectivity and Change: Regimes, Conflicts and Revolutions in Global Perspectives"

European Network of Universal and Global History, Ghent Centre for Global Studies, Ghent University History Department, International Research Center "Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History" (re:work), Graduate School 'Global and Area Studies', University of Leipzig and Labex transferS, Paris
30.06.2016-02.07.2016, Ghent
Deadline CFP: 31.12.2015